ON the face of it, Tottenham are nicely positioned for another tilt at the top four despite the defeat to Everton. Only goal difference is keeping them from the last Champions’ League spot, which Spurs have coveted so feverishly that it has almost come to define the club in recent years.

Tottenham defender
Ledley King has been honoured with a commemorative steel statute of himself in his home borough of Tower Hamlets in east London... although we have to admit we're struggling to see the resemblance.

Ledley King has challenged his team-mates to prove they are not ‘the same old Tottenham’ by following their Champions League thrashing of FC Twente by winning their Premier League home showdown with Aston Villa tomorrow.